David Dunning

American social psychologist and professor of psychology
Person human Q24238924

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
1960
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
psychologist
Doctoral student
Kaidi Wu[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[15]
Family name
Dunning[13]
Given name
David[14]
Name in native language
David Dunning[16]
Native language
English[6]
Social media followers
+4064, +3415[17][18]
🏷️ Also known as
en David A. Dunning en David Alan Dunning en David Dunning ar ديفيد دونينغ de David Alan Dunning fa دیوید دانینگ he דייוויד דאנינג ja デービッド・ダニング ja デイヴィッド・ダニング ko 데이비드 더닝 ru Даннинг, Дэвид ru Дэвид Даннинг zh 大衛·鄧寧
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VIAF cluster ID
58475988
Library of Congress authority ID
n2004108459
OpenAlex ID
A5002098916as of 2026-09-23
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Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260923 · as of 2026-09-23
Bronze
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BIBSYS ID
5102031
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14634590h
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11480493
Dimensions author ID
014620227111.21
Google Knowledge Graph ID
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Google Scholar author ID
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IdRef ID
092892965
NUKAT ID
n2006142749
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007440254905171
National Library of Latvia ID
000172817
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
278582001
PUG authority ID
238533
Podchaser creator ID
107aDqX3jk
RERO ID (legacy)
A018627253
Springer Nature person ID
014620227111.21
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrWwqhWH8gKBB6TcgMkjC
X (Twitter) username
daviddunning6
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Summary

Born in United States[1], he… he was born in 1960[2]. He worked as a psychologist[3].

Body

Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include United States[1], a sovereign state[19], in United States[20], founded in 1776[21] and Midland[4], a city in the United States[22], in United States[23].

Education

Educated at University of Michigan[8], a public research university[24], in United States[25], founded in 1817[26], headquartered in Ann Arbor[27] and Stanford University[9], a private university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1885[30], headquartered in Stanford[31].

Works and Contributions

Things named for David Dunning include Dunning–Kruger effect[32], a cognitive bias[33], founded in 1999[34].

Why It Matters

Entities named for him include Dunning–Kruger effect[32], a cognitive bias[33], founded in 1999[34].

FAQs

Where was David Dunning born?

David Dunning's place of birth was United States[1].

What did David Dunning do for work?

David Dunning worked as psychologist[3].

Where did David Dunning go to school?

David Dunning was educated at University of Michigan[8] and Stanford University[9].

References

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  3. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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  14. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → United States, Midland
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  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → United States, Midland
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    Educated at → University of Michigan, Stanford University
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